Method of making filters



May 25, 1954 R. s. FARRv 2,679,090

METHOD OF MAKING FILTERS original Filed sept. 27, 194e 2 sheets-sheet 1 ,D 4 4 Wen/Of May 25, 1954 R. s. FARR METHOD OF MAKING FILTERS Original Filed Sept. 27, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Prb/wird S. P crrr @d 'Wg/M Patented May 25, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE METHOD OF MAKING FILTERS Richard S. Farr, Los Angeles, Calif., assigner to Farr Company, Los Angeles, Calif., a corporation of California 10 Claims.

This invention relates to a method of making a lter unit and it is a general object of the invention to provide a simple and practical method of making such a structure.

This application is iiled as a division of my application entitled Filter Unit, Serial No. 699,943, led September 27, 1946 (now Patent No. 2,537,217, issued January 9, 1951) as a continuation of application entitled ,Air Filter Panel filed March 9, 1943, Serial No. 478,513, now abandoned.

The method of my invention is applicable, generally, to lters and is particularly useful in the manufacture of what I may term metallic filters or with lters involving packs or pads made of Wire screens. I will, in describing my invention, refer to it as applied in the making of a metal air filter, and I will disclose a form of filter particularly suited for handling air to separate dust or like foreign particles therefrom. It is to be understood, however, that I do not wish the specific details set forth to be interpreted as a limitation or restriction upon the broader principles that I teach.

It is a general object of this invention to pro- Metal air filters such as may be made by my v method are used extensively to lter air for internal combustion engines and consequently they are in many cases subject to vibration and, in

Vthe event of engine backre, they are subjected to excessive pressure. In situations of the type where wire screen type air filters are employed to catch dust or the like it is desirable that the iilter parts be maintained in a compact, tight form and that they be free of vibration, as otherwise dust or particles that are trapped are freed or dislodged.

A further object of this invention is to provide a method of making an air filter of the character referred to involving simple, inexpensive, and easily performed operations which effect desirable structural features including stiiening of the structure Without materially adding either to Weight or cost.

It is another object of this invention to provide a method of making an air lter of the l type in which the filter pad or pack is formed of a plurality of sheets or layers of screening and which involves the application of a simple, elective retaining means which method not only v'stiiiens or reinforces the several sheets but bonds them together minimizing relative movement of filter parts due to vibration and providing a practical, durable and effective construction.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple inexpensive method of making an air lter of the character referred to wherein there are pads formed of sheets of screening and plates that act to channel the air through the pads and also stiffening members which stiffen and bond the sheets of screening together, which plates and stiiening members cooperate to reinforce or stabilize each other and to act together in reinforcing the entire unit.

Another object of this invention is to provide a method of applying a resilient filler to a sectional frame so that the liller acts in the nished structure or in the final assembly to hold the frame in place or in the desired asfsembled relationship.

It is another object of this invention to provide a method of applying elongate stiffening members to a lter pad formed of sheets of wire screening without mutilating or distorting the pad or sheets and without deforming the stilening member even though it may be a light rod or wire which alone or under normal circumstances lacks sunicient strength or rigidity to withstand any appreciable force or strain.

The various objects and features of my invention will be fully understood from the following detailed description of typical preferred manners of carrying out the method, throughout which description reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is an end or face View of a filter unit made according to the method of the present invention, showing the air directing partitions in dotted lines and also showing the stiifem'ng members in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed sectional view taken substantially as indicated by line 2 2 on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken as indicated by line 3-3 on Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken as indicated by line 4 4 on Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view taken substantially as indicated by line 5 5 on Fig. 4 with the corrugations occurring in one of the screens of the lter pad indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 6 is an enlarged View taken as indicated by line 6--6 on Fig. 5, being a view showing the manner in which the plain and corrugated screens are superimposed or arranged in the laminated construction that forms the filter pad. Fig. 7 is a view showing a reinforcing or stiffening member apart from the rest ofthe structure. Fig. 8 is an enaevaoeo larged View showing the manner in which the edge portion of the screen is formed so that it is not subject to fraying or distortion. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detailed view taken as indicated by line @-9 on Fig. 2, being a View showing the manner in which each sheet of screen involved in the filter pad grips the stifenng rod located in the pad. Fig. 10 is a View similar to Fig. 1, showing a unit of somewhat different method of mal;- ing` a filter and indicating a different arrangement of stiffening members in the pad. Figs. 11 and 12 are views illustrating the manner in which I carry out my method of applying a stiening rod to a metal filter pad. Fig. 13 is an edge or side View o1" a modified form of unit wherein the frame of the unit instead of being at or in a single fiat plane, is arcuate or curved, the view showing a pad in its initial form ready for insertion into the arcuate frame. Fig. 14 is a sectional view taken as indicated by line lli-I4 on Fig. 13 and Fig. 15 is a view similar to Fig. 13 except that the pad is in place, the stiffening rod of the pad being shown curved to conform to the curvature or arcuate shape of the frame. Fig. 1G is a View taken at one corner of the frame showing the construction that I provide for joining a side of the frame with the end which is separable from the side, and Figs. 17, 18 and 19 are views illustrating the steps that I employ in assembling the structure to gain a nished structure wherein the detachable section of the frame is hooked in place and is maintained in that position by the resiliency of the pad within the frame.

The method of my present invention is concerned primarily with the making of structures such as are set forth and claimed in my application entitled Filter Unit, Serial No. 699,943, now Patent No. 2,537,217 issued January 9, 1951.

To facilitate an understanding of the invention, I illustrate a lter involving, generally, a rigid holder or frame A, one or more filter pads Bl carried in the frame, one or more partitions C serving to reinforce and stifien the structure to channel air therethrough, and one or more stiieners D incorporated in the lter pad or assembly of lter pads carried in the frame. It is believed that a full understanding of my method will be gained by a complete description of structure to which it may be applied.

The frame A is a mounting element or carrier for the pad or pads, and in practice it may vary widely in form, shape and proportions. I show a frame that is polygonal in form and which is sectional in construction. When the frame is square or rectangular it may have a main section X which is U-shaped, and it may have a simple straight end section Y which forms a closure for the U-shaped main section. The main section X of the frame has what may be termed an end portion it and parallel side portions Il projecting from the ends of the portion l. The closure section Y is joined to and extends between the outer ends of the side portions i I and when in place the frame is complete and forms an effective holder or enclosure for the filter pad `or pads, as the case may be.

Each frame part, that is, each end part and each side is channel-shaped in cross sectional configuration and involves an outer wall i2 and inwardly projecting side walls or flanges i3 eX- tending inward from the sides or margins of the walls I2, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The means provided for joining the ends of the frame section Y to the outer ends of the side members li is preferably a hook means. rThe form of hook means illustrated in Figs. 16 to 19 of the drawings involves a tongue l5 projecting from the outer end of each side member Il and turned inwardly and back to form an inwardlir facing hook, as clearly shown in Figs. 17, 18 and 19. Bars I5 are provided at the ends of the frame member Y to be engaged in the hooks formed by the parts I5. The bars I5 may be formed at the ends of frame section Y by providing inwardly turned flanges at the ends of this frame section and by providing openings or passages il' where the iianges join the frame section, which openings serve to admit or accommodate the hook parts.

A lock positively prevents release of the bars is from the hooks iii. The locking means illustrated involves locking pins lil inserted through the end portions of the side members Il and the hook parts l5, as well as through the bars IE5, as shown in Fig. 19.

The invention may be applied to structures employing one or more iilter pads or bodies in a frame such as the frame A. The pad or pads B are such as to form a structure or assembly that occupies the frame A so that it is conned laterally between sides i2 of the frame parts and endwise or axially or" the unit by the flanges i3. ln Fig. 1 I illustrate a unit wherein there are three separate or distinct lter pads adjacent pads being separated by partitions C, as will be hereinafter described.

Eac'n pad B is metal and involves a multiplicity or metal parts so arranged and related as to allow for ready passage for air at the same time forming tortuous channels or passages through which the air must move, to the end that particles carried by the air are deposited in the pad. A highly efiicient, practical metal pad oi this type is provided by establishing a laminated structure or pad involving alternately arranged fiat and corrugated sheets of metal screening.

1n the drawings illustrate flat sheets '2G of screening corrugated sheets 2i of wire screening, and as have shown in drawings, I prefer to alternate the flat and co sheets. The oorrugaticns in the cori-u sheets 2i are angular in form as shown in the drawings so that the clear air passages established by the corrugations do not extend straight through the pad from one side to the other, zig-zag through the pad.

The screening employed in the pack may be of the type and weight ordinarily employer. as Window screening. lt is desirable, however, to employ a screen construction wherein the meshes or wires are not all uniform but rather have the outermost strands or edge wires woven somewhat closer together than are the other strands, thus giving stability rigidity to the edges of the screens or sheets making it simple to handle them in the course of manufacture.

In accordance with the method of my invention l may provide the wires oi t sheets ci un@ screening with a coating of a material wh serves as a binder to retain the sheets pt tion or against racking. it is signieant tl l1 employ a coating or binder on the sheets screening which is softened by the application of heat so that the stiiieners which l apply, in sccordance with my method, are bonded or bound to the sheets or the pad by such binder. in practice, use various materials as the coating or binder on the sheets of screening. As an ex-V ample of a simple, practical material I will refer to common varnish, whichmay be applied to the sheets in a very thin lm so that it is barely detectable.

When I provide a partition or partitions C in the unit I prefer that each partition be formed of a single ilat sheet of material such as metal, and in practice I can employ thin sheet metal. In the form of the invention being described I show three pads B in which case I employ two partitions C as is clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings. In the arrangement illustrated the pads C are in planes parallel with the axis oi the unit and they extend between the sides II of frame section X.

Ordinarily, I nd it unnecessary to employ any screening or sheets in the structure other than the flat and corrugated screens Eil and 2i I-Iowever, I may, as I have shown in the drawings, employ an end sheet 35 of screening at either or both ends of the unit. In the drawings, I have shown a single end sheet 35 and I have shown the partitions C anchored to the end sheet 35 by ties 4U. The ties are U-shaped wires with outer parts lll engaged over the outer side of the sheet 35 and having legs extending atopposite sides of the partition and provided at their ends with hooks 43 engaging around the partition. Through such a construction the partition is effectively joined to the sheet S5 and the sheet in turn is bound in the structure or is retained between the pads B and the frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The structure above described may be provided with one or more stiieners D. I show two stiffeners D and I show them arranged in spaced relation and extending lengthwise across the unit from one end to the other. Each stiiener D is preferably a simple, straight wire or light rod incorporated entirely within or confined to the pad or assembly of pads that is, in turn, arranged in the frame. Itis desirable that the stiffener or stiffeners, as the case may be, be confined entirely within the confines of the pad or assembly of pads, so that there are no ends or projections protruding in a manner to in any way iinterfere with the frame or other parts as the pads are being handled, or as they are being assembled into the frames, in that projecting parts such as the ends of members such as the stiffeners materially impede assembly and are generally undesirable.

In accordance withk my method I employ a stiffener D preferably a length of wire such as the length [l of wire shown in Fig. 7, which is somewhat larger in cross section than the openings or mesh of the screening employed in the sheets 26 and 2l. By thus providing a wire 44 which is larger than the mesh of the screening, and by applying the stiffener by my method, I obtain a nished structure in which the stifener passes through each sheet of the pad, spreading wires of the sheet so that the stiffener is eiiectively gripped by the wires in two different directions, that is, in the direction indicated by the arrow o: in Fig. 9, as well as in the direction indicated by the arrow b in Fig. 9. It is to be understood how the mesh or woven construction of the sheets tends to maintain the wires of the sheets in parallelism and how insertion of the wire 44 to a position such as is shown in Fig. 9, causes exure of the wires of the sheet, leaving them in a condition so that they effectively bear against the wire 44 and grip it.

The presence of the binder or coating that Iy provide on the sheets of screening resists spreading of the wires of the sheet to admit the stiffener wire i4 and thus tends to concentrate the spread of the wires of the sheet to the point where the stifener wire i4 passes through the sheet. The particular stiener wire 44 illustrated in the drawings is provided at one end with a sharpened part or point d5 to facilitate its being operated in accordance with the method that I have provided, whereas the other end of the wire la is preferably plain and simply cut off, as shown in Fig. 7.

In the form of the filter unit illustrated in Fig. 10 of the drawings I show a frame A which is substantially square rather than being elongated as is the frame shown in Fig. 1. There is a single pad B which is without partitions C. The pad B is, however, provided with two stiieners D and these stiieners, instead of being spaced and parallel and extending parallel with the side parts of the frame, as are the stiieners in Fig. l, are crossed or angularly related being arranged so that they extend between the corners of the pad B' providing a crossed stifening structure in the pad.

In the form of the iilter unit illustrated in Figs. 13 to l5 the frame A2 instead of Ibeing a flat reotangular frame is a rectangular frame that is arouate or curved. When this form of the filter unit is fully assembled, as shown in Fig. 15, the stiftening member or members D2 extend lengthwise or in the direction of curvature. In fact, they follow the contour or curvature of the frame A2 in spite of the fact that, as initially formed, the pad has the members D2 in it sothat they are straight as they are in the pad shown in Fig. l. In accordance with the method of my invention I am able to place the lter pad having one or more straight stifening members D2 in the arcuate frame A2 so that in the nis'hed form the stiiening member or members are arcuate like the frame, and I utilize the presence of the stiflening members in the frame to maintain the pad against undesirable deection in the course of its being arranged in place in the frame.

In accordance with the method that I have provided I form a metal filter pad involving an assembly o-f screens, preferably a laminated structure involving alternate flat and corrugated screens, by first holding the assembly of screens in the desired relationship, as shown in Fig, 1l.. I may, for example, provide a carrier 50 ithat will properly accommodate the desired laminated assembly of screening. The stifener to be applied to or incorporated in the laminated metal assembly is mounted in a spinner S which may involve a chuck 6i! to hold the stiffener wire and a suitable motor 6l and drive 62 for operating the chuck at the desired speed.

In Figs. 11 and l2 I illustrate an arrangement that may be used to advantage in which arrangement the chuck. 60 is in a xed position, whereas. the carrier 5u holding the laminated assembly of wire screens is mounted on a`movable oarriage 7G. The carriage shown has a guide 'H through which the stiiener passes immediately before entering the assembly of wire screening. With the spinner operating at a. suitable speed, say, for instancaat about 2000 R. P. M. and the outer end of the guide wire guided in the guide 1! the carriage 'It is advanced toward the chuck Se with the result that the outer pointed end 45 of the stiiener wire successively enters the mesh of the sheets 'of screening spreading the wire thereof, as illustrated in Fig. 9. When employing a wire stiftener di formed oi a number l0 wire, and when turning the stiifener at about 2060 It. P. M. a stiiener wire about 36 inches long can be readily advanced into a metal filter pad. The speed of advance may vary widely. l-Iowever, I prefer to feed the carriage lil as rapidly as possible without causing buckling or distortion of the spinning stiener wire 44.

The spinning wire with the pointed end is, in effect, drilled through the metal pad or it may be said to be spun through the metal pad, and in being inserted by a drilling or spinning action a. substantial amount of heat is generated and the heat thus gene-rated serves to soften the binder on the sheets of screening. When the stiffener wire is nally drilled or spun into place the spinning or drilling operation is. stopped and the heat generated by the application of the stiifener is quickly dissipated so that the binder on the screening almost immediately adheres to the stiiifener to with the gripping effect of the wires of the several sheets of screening, to the end that the binder is permanently, securely and dependcbly anchored in the filter In accordance with my method the side mensbers or ends of the frame A are provided with access; openings or apertures l5 at the points where the stiiener wires lieccnr so that I niey, ii I desirey apply the stiifener wires to the pad or pads after the pad or pads have been assembled in the frame. In accordance with the broader principles of my invention, however, I contemplate application. of the stiiiener wires to the assembly of wire screen either before or after plication of the pads to the frame. By having provided a structure wherein the stiffener wire or wires are entirely free of and are in no way connected to the iran-ie, I amable to conveniently and efficiently apply them either before or after application of the pads to the frame, and if they are to be applied after the pads have been applied to the frame it is merely necessary to provide the frame with the necessary access openings 15.

Further, in. accordance with the method that I have provided, I simultaneous-ly engage the hook connections between the frame sections and provide an ass-ein wherein the pad or pads are under compression with the pads exerting pres-- sure to hold the hoo-lf. connections tight. My initial step is to arrange the pad or pads in the Ll-shaped, section of the frame and to apply the end ect-ion of the frame to the outer or exposed end of the pad or pad assembly. I then spread the side members l l of the frame section X slightly apart or outward, as shown in Fig. 17, and follow the spreading of the sides of the fra-ine section X with collapsing pressure on the pad or pads, which collapsing pressure is applied through the end section Y toward the end lil of the main trarne section X. When the pad orpad assembly has been compressed to a position such` as shown in Fig. IS, I return the sides i l of the main france section X to their original and normal position, and in so doing I engage the hooks. l5 over the bars .6. I then release the compressing pressure from the pad or pad assembly allow'- ing the resilience of the metal structure of the pad to force the end section Y of the pad outwardly, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 18, until the bars iii are seated in the hooks l5, as shown in Fig. 19 of the drawings. I preferably proportion the pad or pas, assembly to the frame so that the pad continues to exert a pressure out- Ward on the end section Y of the frame, thus maintaining the several sheets of the pad or pad assembly in tight seated engagement one with the other. When lock. pins Il are employed they are inserted following enga-gement of the bar it with the hooks I5.

When employing the form of the iilter illustrated in Figs. 13 to l5, inclusive, I prefer to apply the stiiiening wire or wires to the pad preliminary to the pad being arranged in the arcuate trarne. In that case my first step is to arrange the fiat stiffened pad at the open end of th U-shaped arcuate frame section and then apply pressure to the outer or upper end of the pad or pad assembly, as indicated by the arrow in 1Fig. I3, forcing the pad down or through the curve of the frame until the pad is finally coinpletely seated in the traine. In the course or" this application the initially ilat even 'iough stiriened by the stiifening wire or wires, is curved or bent to contorni to the arcuate lation of the frame so that in the Enel assembly the entire pad is arcuate in torni and the Ast'iening wires D2 incorporated therein are likewise or corresponfingly curved or arcuate. In the course i this operation it highly advantageous to have the stifiening wires incorporated in the laminated assembly of screening they serve to prevent distortion or buckling of the pad as is being forced into the arcuate frame.

In practice I have found it advantageous to apply the filter to the iran/ies or to insert thv filter pads in the frames and to join the sections the fre-nies prior to application oi the "Ier r sti..,eners, in which case the access in the traine parts are nec ssary. Fui'- in carrying out my method I employ ther, stiilener longer than necessary, while or spinning-in operatic.- is being performed, and

when the Lener is in place I cut off the excess portion o the stiffener and, in practice, I ineke the access openings in the traine large enough to facilitate this operation. Furthermore, it is significant that as I drill or spin the stilener or stirieners into the metallic pad I, by that operation, penetrate the pad not only by spreading the wires of the screens which make up the pad, but also by penetrating sheet metal parts such partitions that may be present in the pad. For example, I may initially iorin or assemble the pad by assembling the wire screens and the partitions and thereafter I apply or drill into place the stileners.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I have, by the method of my present invention, provided a fi ter unit which involves an exceedingly simple frame, a significant ieature of the frame being the hooked sonora-tion by which the detachable section secured to the main section. Further, it will be apparent that I have provided a metal filter pad or a lilter pad formed oi metal screening which type oi pad is such to effectively resist the application of any ordinary reinforcing means. The stiftening wires or rods that I have applied are conlined to the pad or pad assembly and above pointed out, are thereby entirely free of the traine and provide simplified, practical construction having the featur s and advantages oi effective reinforcement and stifcning without the diroculties and disadvantages inherent in structures where reinforcing structures are dependent upon the frame for anchorage or support. Furthermore, it is significant to note that I have provided a pad involving a stiening wire extending therethrough and having the wires of the sheets of screening that form the pad bonded together and in gripping and bonded engagement with the stifening wire.

Having described only typical preferred manners of carrying out my method, I do not wish to be limited or restricted to the specic details herein set forth, but wish to reserve to myself any variations or modications that may appear to those skilled in the art and fall Within the scope of the following claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. The method of making a filter pad of wire -screening coated with a bindei` and a rod larger screening coated with a binder, a sheet metal partition and a rod larger than the mesh of the screening including, arranging thescreening in layers one against another at each side of the partition to form a laminated mass and then rapidly rotating and advancing the rod relative to the mass to introduce the rod through the partition and through the screening to spread adjacent wires of each layer of screening and to generate heat to soften the binder so that the rod becomes anchored to each of said layers when I.,

said heat is dissipated.

3. The method of making va filter pad of a plurality of separate sheets oi Wire screening coated with a binder, some sheets being flat and others corrugated, a sheet metal partition, and a rod larger than the mesh of screening including, arranging the sheets one against another in layers at each side of the partition alternating flat and corrugated sheets to form a laminated mass and then rapidly rotating and advancing the rod i relative to the mass to introduce the rod through the partition and through the sheets to spread adjacent wires of each sheet and to generate heat to soften the binder so that the rod becomes anchored to each sheet when said heat is dissiy,

pated.

4. The method or making a filter oi a frame with an access opening, sheets of wire screening coated with a binder and a rod larger in diameter than the mesh of the screening including, forming a laminated mass by arranging the sheets one against another in layers, arranging the mass in the frame, and then introducing the rod into the mass by rapidly rotating the rod and advancing the rapidly rotating rod into the mass through the access openings to spread adjacent Wires of each layer of screening and to generate heat to soften the binder so that the rod becomes anchored to each sheet when said heat is dissipated.

5. A method oi making a lter pad of Wire screening and a light rod or wire having a diameter larger than and a piercing end equal to or less than the openings in the screen including,

arranging the screening in layers one against the CII ing to a position Where it is permanent in the screening, whereby the rapid rotation rigidies the light rod or Wire and facilitates the entry of said Wire or light rod into the screening.

A method ci making a lter pad of Wire screening With a sheet metal partition and a light rod or wire having a diameter larger than and a piercing end equal to or less than the openings in the Vscreen including, arranging the screening in layers one against another and at each side of the partition and then applying said light rod or wire to the screening by rotating said light rod or Wire rapidly and moving said light rod or wire and screening relative to each other to advancelthe rotating light rod or Wire through the screening and the partition to a position Where it is permanent in the screening and partition, whereby the rapid rotation rigidies the light rod or wire and facilitates the entry of said wire or light rod into the screenng.

7. The method of maling a filter comprising a frame with an access opening, Wire screening and alight rod cr Wire having a diameter-larger than and a piercing end equal to or less than the openings in the screen including, forming a laminated mass by arranging the screen layers one against the other, arranging the mass in the frame, and then introducing the light rod or Wire into the mass by rotating said light rod or Wire rapidly and advancing said rotating light rod or wire into the mass through the access opening to a position where it is permanent in the mass, whereby the rapid rotation rigidies the light rod or wire and ficiltates the entry of said wire or light rod into the mass.

8. rThe method of making a filter comprising a frame with an access opening, sheets of Wire screening, a sheet metal partition and a light rod or wire having a diameter larger than and a piercing end equal to or less than the openings in the screen comprising the steps of forming a lamihated mass by arranging the sheets one against another in layers at each side of the partition, arranging the mass in the frame, and then introducing the light rod or Wire into the mass and through the partition by rotating said light rod or wire rapidly and advancing said rotating light rod or Wire into the mass through the access opening to a position where it is permanent in the mass and the partition, whereby the rapid rotation rigidies the light rod or Wire and facilitates the entry of said wire or light rod into the mass and the partition.

9. The method of making a iilter With a frame of sections hooked together, a pad of Wire screening, and a light rod or wire having a diameter larger than and a piercing end equal to or less than the openings in the screen including, arranging the pad in one section of the frame, compressing the pad and positioning the other section cf the frame to be hooked to the rst mentioned section, then releasing the pad against said other section to move it into hook engagement with the iirst mentioned section, and then rotating said light rod or wire rapidly and inserting said rotating light rod or Wire into the pad, whereby the rapid rotation rigidiiies the light rod or Wire and facilitates the entry of said Wire or light rod into the pad.

10. The method of making a curved frame lter having a, curved frame, sheets of wire screen arranged in superposed relationship to form a laminated pad and a light rod or Wire having a diameter larger than and a piercing end equal to or less than the openings in the screen and extending through said laminaecomprising thel steps of arranging the screening in layers one against the other and then applying said light rod or Wire to the screening by rotating said light rod or wire rapidly and moving said light rod or Wire and screening relative to each other to ad- Vance the rotating light rod or Wire through the screening to a position Where it is permanent in the screening, whereby the rapid rotation rigidifies the light rod or Wire to facilitate the entry of said wire or light rod into the screening, arranging said laminated pad with one edge entering said frame While said light rod or Wire is edgewise to the frame, then applying pressure to the opposite edge of said pad While it is stiffened by said light rod or wire and bodily distorting said pad and said light rod or Wire to conform to the curvature of said frame.

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